REPORTS & BRIEFS

Annual Report

• 2013 Annual Report
• 2012 Annual Report
• 2011 Annual Report
• 2010 Annual Report
• 2009 Annual Report
• 2008 Annual Report
• 2007 Annual Report
• 2006 Annual Report
• 2003 Annual Report

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Annual Report - Chapters and Summaries

• Iraq Chapters and Summaries

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Did You Know...

• Did You Know...USCIRF's 2013 Annual Report (April 30, 2013)

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Policy Briefs and Focuses

• Iraq Policy Focus - July 2006

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Special Reports

• Comparative Study of Constitutions of OIC Countries, 2012 Update
• Summer 2011: International Affairs Review -- International Religious Freedom: Why It Matters and How to Protect It
• Iraq's Permanent Constitution (March 2006)
• Iraq's Draft Permanent Constitution (September 2005)
• Comparative Study of Constitutions of Muslim Countries, 2005

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ADVISING GOVERNMENT

Congressional Testimony

• 11/17/2011: Testimony of Chairman Leonard A. Leo before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on the 2011 International Religious Freedom Report
• 6/03/2011: Testimony of USCIRF Chair Leonard Leo before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on International Religious Freedom: Strengthening its Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy
• 1/21/2011: Testimony of Commissioner Nina Shea before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Recent Attacks Targeting Minorities in Iraq and Egypt
• 12/21/2006: Testimony by Felice D. Gaer, Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
• 10/06/1999: Testimony by Robert A. Seiple

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Government Correspondence

• 12/7/2011: USCIRF Letter to President Obama on Iraq
• 11/05/2010: USCIRF Letter Urges U.S. Action in Response to Iraq Terrorist Attack and Threat Against Minorities in the Middle East
• 2/12/2010: Clinton Urged to Raise Religious Freedom at UN Human Rights Council
• 9/06/2007: USCIRF to Secretary Rice: U.S. Must Address Threats to Religious Minorities in Iraq
• 10/12/2005: Asylum Seekers Fleeing Iraq Must Be Protected
• 7/26/2005: Iraq : USCIRF Tells U.S. Ambassador Draft Constitution Fails to Protect Fundamental Rights
• 8/19/2004: Iraq: USCIRF decries attacks in letter to Negroponte
• 2/09/2004: Iraq: USCIRF letter to Bremer on Transitional Administrative Law
• 4/28/2003: Iraq: Religion and Reconstruction
• 9/30/2002: Letter to Secretary Powell

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Legislation

• Selected Legislation in the 111th Congress

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NEWS ROOM

Press Releases

• 5/21/2013: USCIRF Welcomes IRF Report; Calls for CPC Designations
• 4/30/2013: USCIRF’s 2013 Annual Report on the State of International Religious Freedom Identifies World’s Worst Violators
• 1/9/2012: USCIRF Condemns Attacks on Shi’a Pilgrims in Iraq
• 9/13/2011: USCIRF Comment on the State Department's Designation of “Countries of Particular Concern” and Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
• 8/04/2011: Iraq: Security for Christians, Other Religious Minorities Must Be Key Part of Troop Negotiations
• 4/28/2011: USCIRF Identifies World's Worst Religious Freedom Violators: Egypt Cited for First Time
• 1/21/2011: USCIRF Condemns Terrorist Attacks Against Shi'a Pilgrims in Iraq
• 12/16/2010: USCIRF Condemns Attacks on Shia Muslims in Iran and Iraq and Urges Protection of Religious Worshippers During Holiday Season
• 12/14/2010: USCIRF Urges Upgrading Security in Iraq for Christians and Other Imperiled Religious Communities
• 11/03/2010: USCIRF Condemns Terrorist Attack on Baghdad Church
• 8/17/2010: Congress highlights USCIRF recommendations on Iraq
• 2/12/2010: Clinton Urged to Raise Religious Freedom at UN Human Rights Council
• 12/24/2009: USCIRF Condemns Violence Against Shia Muslim in Iraq
• 12/23/2009: USCIRF Condemns Christmas Attacks on Iraqi Christians
• 8/14/2009: USCIRF Calls for Increased Protection of All Iraqi Religious and Ethnic Communities
• 7/13/2009: USCIRF Condemns Iraq Church Bombings, Calls for Iraqi Government to Take Swift Action
• 12/16/2008: Iraq: USCIRF Recommends Designating Iraq as Country of Particular Concern, Calls for Ensuring Free and Fair Elections, Focusing on Plight of Most Vulnerable Religious Minorities
• 12/12/2008: SAVE THE DATE: Press Conference on Release of USCIRF Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Iraq
• 12/09/2008: Iraq: Save the Date for Dec. 16 Press Conference on Release of USCIRF Policy Focus
• 1/14/2008: Iraq: USCIRF Alarmed by Series of Bomb Attacks Against Churches, Monasteries
• 9/17/2007: Public Hearing: Sectarian Violence in Iraq and the Refugee Crisis
• 9/07/2007: Public Hearing on Sectarian Violence in Iraq and the Refugee Crisis
• 9/06/2007: USCIRF to Secretary Rice: U.S. Must Address Threats to Religious Minorities in Iraq
• 7/25/2007: USCIRF Hearing: Threats to Iraq's Communities of Antiquity
• 7/17/2007: USCIRF Hearing: Threats to Iraq's Communities of Antiquity
• 5/11/2007: USCIRF Discusses Religious Freedom Concerns in Iraq with Secretary of State Rice
• 5/02/2007: USCIRF Names 11 Countries of Particular Concern, Puts Iraq on Watch List
• 3/12/2007: Iraq: Urgent Action Needed to Protect Religious Minorities
• 2/13/2007: Iraq: USCIRF Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Iraqi Refugees
• 12/13/2006: Iraq: USCIRF Regrets Lack of Attention to Religious Freedom and other Human Rights in Iraq Study Group Report
• 11/09/2006: Iraq: USCIRF Letter to Under Secretary of State Dobriansky Urges Refugee Protections for Iraqi Religious Minorities
• 10/12/2005: Asylum Seekers Fleeing Iraq Must Be Protected
• 10/06/2005: USCIRF Analysis of Proposed Iraqi Constitution: Ambiguities in Text Threaten Human Rights Protections
• 8/09/2005: Washingtonpost.com Online Discussion: Iraq Constitution
• 8/04/2005: Iraq: USCIRF Oped appears in The Washington Post
• 6/21/2005: Iraq Permanent Consitution Event
• 4/13/2005: USCIRF Chair encourages Iraqi civil society leaders to protect religious freedom in Iraqi permanent constitution
• 2/28/2005: Iraq: USCIRF briefing with Mithal al-Alusi, founder of the Dem. Party of the Iraqi Nation
• 12/24/2004: Iraq: USCIRF letter to President Bush on religious terror
• 6/16/2004: USCIRF meets with Secretary of State Powell
• 3/08/2004: Iraq: USCIRF commends extensive protection of human rights in interim constitution
• 6/27/2003: Iraq: Rebuilding civil society
• 9/30/2002: Commission Recommends 12 Nations for Designation As 'Countries of Particular Concern'
• 8/16/2001: USCIRF Asks State Dept to Designate 9 Countries As Worst Religious-Freedom Violators

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Op-Eds

• 12/26/2012: Washington Post On Faith -- So this is Christmas...
• 8/14/2012: The Detroit News -- Commentary: Stand Up for Religious Minorities in the Middle East
• 12/12/2011: The Hill -- Myths About Religious Freedom Abroad
• 7/1/2011: Harvard International Review -- Protecting Religious Freedom Abroad
• 12/23/2010: The Washington Post -- Will there be Christmas in Iraq?
• 12/22/2006: Iraq: USCIRF Op-Ed in The Washington Times
• 8/04/2005: The Washington Post -- Iraq Must Avoid a Rollback of Rights

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USCIRF In the News

• 5/01/2011: U.S. Panel ID's World's Top Religious Persecutors - CBN News
• 4/29/2011: US report puts Egypt with worst religion violators - Associated Press
• 4/29/2011: Religious freedom watchdog group adds Egypt to violator list - CNN
• 4/29/2011: Country of concern - World Magazine
• 4/29/2011: US Panel Singles Out Top Religious Persecutors - The Epoch Times
• 4/29/2011: U.S. Religious-Freedom Commission Recommends Egypt Be Listed Among Worst Offenders - RFE/RL
• 4/29/2011: Turkey on religious freedom watch list for 3rd year in a row - Today's Zaman
• 4/28/2011: U.S. Urged to Step Up Religious Freedom Efforts in Egypt - Christian Post
• 4/28/2011: Recurrent attacks on Copts has Egypt slated for US religious freedom blacklist - Ahram Online
• 3/01/2011: Were Iraqi Security Forces Involved in Baghdad Church Massacre? - Newsmax
• 1/24/2011: 'HORRIFIC ATROCITIES': Egypt, Iraq 'failed' to protect Christians, religious communities - Baptist Press
• 1/20/211: Rep. Ron Paul says that the last Christians are about to leave Iraq - PolitiFact
• 1/05/2011: Lost religious liberty worldwide - Japan Times
• 12/23/2010: CNN: Christian Persecution on the Rise
• 12/23/2010: Protect Iraqi Christians from extinction, international group urges Obama - Baptist Press
• 12/15/2010: US Commission Wants UN to Help Iraqi Christians - Global Zenit
• 12/14/2010: Religious intolerance Iraq's Christians under assault - Watertown Daily Times
• 12/13/2010: NYT -- With New Violence, More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq
• 12/12/2010: More Christians Flee Iraq After New Violence - NYT
• 12/02/2010: Christians under attack in Iraq - Illinois Times
• 11/17/2010: Two Christians killed in Mosul bombing - Washington Times
• 11/17/2010: Christian man, daughter killed in bombing in Iraq - CNN
• 11/05/2010: USCIRF Urges U.S. to Protect Iraqi Christians - Crosswalk
• 11/05/2010: Al-Qaida group calls Mideast Christians 'legitimate targets' - Townhall
• 11/04/2010: Muslim Terrorists Murder 58 Iraqi Christians in Church - Obama's Response Is Uncaring! - Liberty News
• 11/01/2010: Iraq’s Christians Still Under Siege - National Review Online
• 10/12/2010: Synod, an opportunity to stop the Christian exodus from Iraq - Asia News
• 6/10/2010: Pope Calls For Iraqi Bishops To Improve Relations With Muslims - Vod Pod
• 6/03/2010: For Christians in Iraq, the threats persist - USA Today
• 5/26/2010: God and Man in the World - National Review Online
• 1/25/2010: Iraqi Christians Present Their Case in the UK Parliament - AINA
• 1/04/2010: Ugly, ignored truths in Iraq - The Trentonian
• 12/22/2009: On religious discrimination, India next only to Iraq: US thinktank - Times of India
• 8/15/2009: USCIRF Calls for Increased Protection of Iraqi... - Christian Post
• 8/14/2009: US commission urges Iraq to protect against sectarian violence - Television Washington
• 8/14/2009: Panel: Iraq must do more to protect all - United Press International
• 7/14/2009: US Religious Freedom body ‘alarmed’ over Iraq bombings - Religious Intelligence
• 7/14/2009: US commission condemns wave of church bombings in Iraq - Television Washington
• 7/14/2009: Iraqi bishop says bomb explosion came after prayers for peace at Mass - Catholic Review
• 5/07/2009: Iraqi Christians too scared to tell whole truth about violence - Christian Today
• 5/05/2009: Religious freedom panel adds Iraq, Nigeria to list of concern - USA Today
• 5/05/2009: US religious freedom report adds Iraq, Nigeria to countries of particular concern - Jurist
• 4/10/2008: Iraqi Christians defenseless against militias - The Associated Press
• 12/22/2006: Iraq's embattled religious minorities - The Washington Times
• 3/06/2004: Big Hurdles in Iraq - Rocky Mountain News

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Speeches

• 12/7/2012: Remarks by USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett at Conference on Religious Freedom, Violent Religious Extremism, and Constitutional Reform in Muslim-Majority Countries
• 7/19/2012: Remarks by USCIRF Chair Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett at Hill event on Religious Minorities in the Middle East co-hosted by the International Religious Freedom Caucus and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

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EVENTS

Hearings & Press Conferences

• 12/16/2008: Press Conference on Release of USCIRF Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Iraq
• 9/19/2007 : Public Hearing: Sectarian Violence in Iraq and the Refugee Crisis
• 7/25/2007: Public Hearing: Threats to Iraq's Communities of Antiquity

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